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• Resume Check: Strengthen your Achievements

  You have read it on a million pieces of job search advice.  I say it all the time.  Yet many resumes still lack solid statements about what the individual accomplished in previous jobs.  And those actual achievements are what tell an employer what you can do for them. You … more

• Professionalism — Critical for Job Seekers

  Recently, the Herman Trend Alert reported on a poll of professionalism and how critical it was in getting hired.  Here is an excerpt: ”HR pros and business leaders polled identified five primary characteristics of professionalism: 1) personal interaction skills, inc… more

• Top Six Tips for Job Search Research

  Why Bother?  WIIFM? At seminar after talk after workshop I do, people are unsure how to really go about researching the next step.   Many think it is too much work.  And then they wonder how they ever got stuck in such a bad job/place. Most recruiters will tell you that… more

• What Do You Really Want to Do Next

  At every ClearedJobs.Net Cleared Job Fair as well as other events, I talk with transitioning military folks who do not really know what they want to do next. Many have some idea, some have very specific plans -- but a large number do not have a clear, specific focus.  Certain… more

• Interviews are two-way streets

  Good candidates, preparing for an interview,  focus mainly on learning about the company and the people they will interview with.  Really good candidates also focus on what is important to them and how they will learn about those key issues during the intervi… more